tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post6109518598335138310..comments2017-08-06T20:08:56.780-07:00Comments on The Million: The Curse of Memory: how the first Christian emperor erased his family from historyCarlos Madeiranoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post-56502474877741435092016-12-02T11:29:12.445-08:002016-12-02T11:29:12.445-08:00Hi Carlos. I really enjoyed this discussion. It re...Hi Carlos. I really enjoyed this discussion. It relates to a coin I picked up a few years ago. It is a coin of Licinius, but you can&#39;t tell it because the coin has been so badly defaced by scratches. At the end of this comment I’ve attached a link to look at the coin. The central question for the numismatist is whether or not these scratches occurred in antiquity or in the present day. The scratches on Licinius’s face are made in a back-and-forth manner. It&#39;s not the result of a single random shovel strike; the scratches are localized and intentional. The scratches also show the same green patina that affects the entire coin. In other words, the scratches were made in antiquity. The reverse of this coin is untouched, suggesting that whoever scratched this emperor’s face had an animus against the emperor; the rest of the coin is untraumatized. While it is impossible to know for sure, I believe that this defaced coin reflects the damnatio memoriae issued by Constantine against Licinius. That may be a romantic reading of a beat-up old coin, but we do know that coins of Caligula, Domitian, and Geta were all defaced following their damnationes; thus, it may not be surprising to find a coin similarly defaced for Licinius. Here’s a link to the coin: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23980399/Licinius.jpgGavin Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448129313159722163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post-73854672821023748302016-10-14T22:57:26.719-07:002016-10-14T22:57:26.719-07:00Υπάρχουν πολλοί &quot;άγιοι&quot; με βαρύ ποινικό ...Υπάρχουν πολλοί &quot;άγιοι&quot; με βαρύ ποινικό μητρώο στη Χριστιανοσύνη. Δυστυχώς!kallirroon-Chinese Martial and Healing Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750011699867396368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post-85289952679942950232016-10-10T00:13:46.445-07:002016-10-10T00:13:46.445-07:00Ακριβώς αυτό σκέφτηκα!!! Ακριβώς αυτό σκέφτηκα!!! Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999124104080369218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post-3269682746476716532016-03-21T01:04:42.483-07:002016-03-21T01:04:42.483-07:00Εξαιρετικό! Εξαιρετικό! ΡΟΠΤΡΟΝhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550490388425728971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post-73749975816260744592016-03-20T09:56:52.665-07:002016-03-20T09:56:52.665-07:00Mα τον Αγιο Κωνσταντινο....Mα τον Αγιο Κωνσταντινο....Michalis Ioakimideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15043954328527913409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460872158746272748.post-63229989770466415652016-03-19T09:20:42.220-07:002016-03-19T09:20:42.220-07:00ExcellentExcellentYannis Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612980146862013091noreply@blogger.com